Dr Chung was sharing his ideas during the recent Sri Lanka Economic Summit at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo. He said: “If you harmonize the natural eco-system with rich spiritual values like Buddhism you can promote a brand like Healing Tourism to the world while others are promoting eco-tourism.”

He observed that Sri Lanka “not only has breathtaking landscapes, but is also rich in good spiritual values”, and that “eco-tourism has more attention focused on it today than ever before, especially from developed countries”.

Highlighting Green Growth he said that the conventional High Carbon Brown Growth model is now out dated, therefore, “do not get fooled by the conventional commercial economist. They are against the Low Carbon Green Growth model”.

However, the Low Carbon Green Growth model has proven that it has the capability to produce more employment opportunities and higher growth. He also mentioned that many countries oppose this transformation only considering the short-term but in the long run you can benefit more from a Low Carbon Green Growth model.